ElevenLabs v3 is a text-to-speech model optimized for high-fidelity, emotionally expressive audio generation. Reach for it when voice quality, pacing control, and multilingual coverage matter more than raw throughput or latency.
Modalities
Text → Audio
Price
$0.405 / 1K char
Context
5K
Usage
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Rank
#111
of 113 active models
Tokens served
0
all-time
Platform share
0.0%
of all tokens
Pricing
Per 1,000 characters of input text. Billed on successful synthesis.
$0.405 / 1K charWhen to use ElevenLabs v3
Where this model earns its cost — and where it doesn't.
ElevenLabs v3 generates speech from text input with support for emotional range, inline audio tags, and natural delivery across more than 70 languages. It operates at a medium speed tier with a balanced cost profile and a 5,000-token context window.
On Kyma, the model runs through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with automatic failover to maintain delivery if a serving path degrades. It supports prompt caching, which bills repeated prompt prefixes at this model's cached input rate. Responses return exact billing data in usage.cost and identify the executed model via the X-Kyma-Model header.
The model does not support reasoning, vision, or structured outputs. It is strictly a speech generation engine, so it will not process images, execute code, or return JSON schemas.
Premium Voiceover Production
Generate broadcast-quality narration with controlled emotional pacing and tone.
Character Dialogue Generation
Produce distinct, expressive voices for interactive fiction or game assets.
Multilingual Audio Localization
Convert scripts into natural-sounding speech across more than seventy languages.
Emotional Audiobook Narration
Render long-form text with dynamic inflection and audio tag directives.
Not ideal for: Do not use this model for real-time conversational speech or high-throughput batch processing where latency and cost efficiency are the primary constraints.
Quick start
Up and running in under two minutes.
- 1
Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard — $0.50 free credit, no card required.
Get API key → - 2
Make your first request
Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "eleven-v3", "messages": [ {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."} ] }' - 3
Stream responses
Add
"stream": trueto receive tokens as they arrive.curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "eleven-v3", "stream": true, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}] }'
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More models by ElevenLabs
| Model | Context | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
ElevenLabs Music | — | $0.135 / sec | |
ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 | — | $0.2025 / 1K char | |
ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 | — | $0.2025 / 1K char | |
ElevenLabs Sound Effects | — | $0.027 / call | |
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 | — | $0.405 / 1K char | |
